LEOPARD DREAMS 10 Jun 2013 | 12:42 am

Stairway To Nowhere Book Excerpt Read by Luke   October 3, 1979 – Hullabaloos, Albany, NY   The Police/Fáshiön   “Hello,” Dik says, “Dressing room’s up them stairs on the left. Can’t miss it. Watch ou...

Musical Archeology 4 May 2013 | 01:32 am

Evan Harrar studied with reclusive Flamenco guitar master Diego Del Gastor in the early 1970s in Morón de la Frontera, a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia.   I studied this music with Evan a...

Fàshiön – Live At BBC Pebble Mill – Behind The Scenes 27 Mar 2013 | 11:24 pm

Okay, so this is what it looked like on screen. But what about behind all the glitz and glamour! Fashion Live at BBC Pebble Mill, June 1 1979   “It’s fucking impossible.” Miki says.   “Unlikely, I’ll ...

Fashion Live At BBC Pebble Mill – 1979 2 Mar 2013 | 10:41 am

Speed Merchants, Thrash Masters, Typists, and Other Guitarists 4 Jan 2013 | 07:13 am

When I started playing guitar I seemed to be surrounded by other guitar players who thought the faster you played, the better guitar player you were. Alvin Lee from the 60’s band Ten Years After has a...

Stairway To Nowhere: Chapter One 12 Dec 2012 | 08:48 am

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STAIRWAY Huh! I come awake, my chin on my chest. Neck pain. Eyes throbbing pain. Drooly shirt front. Bladder full.   “I need to piss!”   “No time big boy.” Miki says swerving us...

STAIRWAY TO NOWHERE 2 Dec 2012 | 11:14 pm

Introduction On The Stairway, Off The Stairway   “I’m worried about Dik.” Mulligan says.   We’re standing out in the alley that leads to the entrance of The Rum Runner, or Duran Duran Way as it’s beco...

THE BOONDOCK HIPPY 28 Nov 2012 | 05:36 am

Every now and then I get surprised by new bands. I mean, as a relic of a bygone era who’s well past his sell by date, who’s been there, done that, been on the tee shirt, and snorted the Peruvian … Con...

The Clash Gig Was Canceled So We Had To Play With Duran Duran Instead 20 Nov 2012 | 09:59 am

Fáshiön Luke Sky: guitar and vocals Mulligan: Bass and synth Dik Davis: Drums   Band meeting, Birmingham, England – July 1978   Mulligan, dyed platinum dreadlocks flying behind him like jet stream, bu...

footbook 30 Oct 2012 | 03:15 am

  A New Feature For Sharing Those Moments You Wished The Ground Would Open Up and Swallow You.   If there are things you’d like to get off your chest (please no photos) but don’t want to share with yo...